: Female candidates for imperial examinations should not be used as cannon fodder (36)

Author: Qin Xiaozui

"Let me go, please let me go." Zheng Yanshu quickly brushed away the drunk man's hand.

When the drunken dandy saw such a beautiful person in front of his eyes, he just regarded her as a beautiful concubine and was about to touch her.

Lu Yifei took a step forward, grabbed his companion's hand and pulled it out, and then signaled to other friends, "Brother Liu is drunk. You should send him back home first. We will talk about it next time."

"Brother Yifei, what are you doing? That's all. Let's go."

A group of dandies walked away arm in arm, leaving only Lu Yifei and Zheng Yanshu where they were.

Zheng Yanshu's eyes were red, and she looked at Lu Yifei with a slight sob, "Thank you, Master, for saving me."

Lu Yifei looked her up and down, stretched out his hand, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his thumb.

When he spoke again, his tone was gentle, and he looked at Zheng Yanshu with a pair of peach blossom eyes, "Little girl, be more careful next time."

Zheng Yanshu's face turned red when he touched her with his thumb, and she forgot her words for a moment.

When Lu Yifei saw her watery eyes and pretty lips, his heart couldn't help but move.

Ning Xi saw the appearance of the two of them through the light screen, and couldn't help but sigh at the power of the plot master.

The male supporting character will always fall in love with the female protagonist.

Lu Yifei felt a great sense of satisfaction when he saw the woman Wang Linzhang liked looking at him with a pitiful look.

As soon as the dandy's temper got the better of him, he couldn't help but grab Zheng Yanshu's hand.

Zheng Yanshu was startled, threw his hand away, and said hurriedly: "Master, I have something else to do, so I will leave first."

At this time, they were at the end of the alley, with no one coming and going. Lu Yifei hugged her and leaned close to her ear, "Is this how you treat your savior?"

When Zheng Yanshu heard this, she panicked and felt like she had fallen into a wolf's den.

She struggled again and again, "Sir, men and women are not allowed to have sex, please let go!"

Lu Yifei drank a lot of wine. He was so excited that he couldn't care about so much.

Zheng Yanshu smelled the smell of wine and naturally knew that he was very drunk, so she stepped on his foot and ran away in a hurry when he was in pain and let go.

When Lu Yifei felt the pain, he sobered up a lot and stopped chasing the maid.

Seeing this, Ning Xi had no interest in paying attention.

…

On the eve of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Ning Xi used the small skills given by the system to prepare the essential oils, waiting to show off her skills at the Hundred Flowers Banquet.

The day before departure, Ning Xi suddenly received a reminder from the little white cat.

[Host, the Prime Minister’s wife wants to harm you!]

Ning Xi frowned, "What's going on?"

The little white cat told what it had observed. It turned out that Li Zhen learned that Ning Xi was also invited to the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and she had been uneasy, fearing that her use of essential oils to please the queen would be exposed.

Ning Xi tapped her fingers lightly on the table, "This is an invitation from the queen. What is she going to do? Is it possible that she will kill me to prevent me from attending?"

[Host, you guessed it right, Li Zhen has hired an assassin. As soon as you go out to the palace tomorrow, she will have you killed, or you will be half disabled.]

Ning Xi frowned, Li Zhen was too bold under the Emperor's feet.

She couldn't sit still and wait for death. Since she knew it in advance, she might as well dig a hole and let Li Zhen jump into it.

So how could she give up this opportunity to punish the poisonous woman if she wanted to die?

Ning Xi thought for a while and decided to discuss countermeasures with He Shiyan.

On that day, He Shiyan hired a few people with strong martial arts skills to pretend to be Ning Xi on the day of the Hundred Flowers Banquet and take the opportunity to catch the assassin.

The next thing will be dealt with after the Hundred Flowers Banquet is over.

Early the next morning, Ning Xi woke up from the inn, and He Shiyan and two hired masters escorted her to the palace.

At the same time, a carriage drove out of He Mansion.

…

Even a maid was not allowed to enter the palace. Ning Xi got off the carriage and followed the maid leading the way into the Spring Garden where the Flower Banquet was held.

Ning Xifang walked into the garden and saw a group of young women in colorful clothes admiring flowers in the garden.

Every time someone comes in, their eyes will always look at him intentionally or unintentionally.

When Ning Xi walked in, the girls all looked at her, wanting to see what the Number One Scholar's wife looked like.

Ning Xi was not used to being looked at from head to toe, but she still smiled appropriately.

Suddenly, she sensed a rather special, hostile gaze.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Wang Yanrao.

"Sister Ning, you are here." A girl came to greet her. She was Zhongqi, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, a good friend Ning Xi had made in the capital.

"Sister Zhong is here early." Seeing the familiar person, Ning Xi's smile became more genuine.

The two got to know each other because they were mixing incense at Anxiang Pavilion. They are similar in age, so they can chat easily.

While they were chatting, they heard the palace maid shouting at the door:

"The Queen has arrived!"

In an instant, the chatter of the girls disappeared without a trace, and they all stood up to greet the Queen.

Empress Chen is dignified, beautiful and well-mannered. She is a role model for the ladies present.

When she arrived, she didn't talk much and let everyone enjoy the flowers in the Spring Garden and use the flowers in the yard to make fragrance.

Ning Xi glanced at Shengchun Garden. The entire garden was surrounded by hot spring water. Various containers were placed on the spring water, and exquisite snacks were placed on them. They were floating in the water, allowing people to sit by the water and enjoy the flowers and fragrance.

Ning Xi went to the water, straightened her hair that was messed up by the wind, and began to use various instruments prepared by the palace to mix fragrance.

By coincidence, Wang Yanrao was sitting next to her.

Sensing her scrutiny, Ning Xi looked up, deliberately curved her lips, smiled, and nodded in greeting.

When Wang Yanrao saw Ning Xi, she was immediately stunned.

Didn’t mother say that she would never have the chance to come to the Hundred Flowers Banquet?

Did my mother's plan go wrong?

Thinking of this, Wang Yanrao inevitably became nervous.

Now she didn't expect Ning Xi to greet her openly, so she frowned for a moment.

At first, she sent someone to find out that He Shiyan had a fiancée since he was a child, and they got married after taking the provincial examination. She originally thought that this wife was a country and vulgar woman.

Now it seems that this woman still has some beauty, and even behaves gracefully. She does not look like a woman from the countryside at all.

Thinking about this, her brows furrowed even deeper.

She can't get what she wants, so what if he marries a wife?!

Ning Xi was fully focused and ignored Wang Yanrao.

Queen Chen sat at the top, listening to the maid next to her introduce the girl below.

She asked, "At the last birthday party, the bottle of plum blossom essential oil was mixed by the daughter of the Prime Minister's family?"

The palace maid lowered her head and quickly replied, "Reporting to the Queen, that's exactly what happened."

Queen Chen nodded slightly, "Well, she will prepare the incense and present it to me first."

"yes."

…

Ning Xi mixed the incense and after the palace maid took it away, she leisurely enjoyed the flowers and snacks in the garden while waiting for the review.

System AE86 couldn't turn into a little white cat and sneak in, so he kept talking to her in his mind and gossiping.
Chapter completed!